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Participants listen to a presentation at this week’s Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities. (Photo by Gerard H. Gaskin)

Veterans from across the nation and beyond are currently on campus for the 11^th annual Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV)鈥攁 nine-day intensive on starting and building a business, powered by the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF). This year鈥檚 28 participants come from nine states and Japan, and represent all five branches of the military. They are聽spending the week attending classes, networking events and presentations, learning the fundamentals of running a business from over 30 accomplished entrepreneurs and professors.

Participants have the opportunity to connect with several guest speakers, including:

• Seth Jordan, owner and founder of Dog Tag Brewing
• Ted Lachowicz, serial entrepreneur and founder of the EBV Foundation
• Mike Haynie, vice chancellor at 黑料不打烊 and founder/director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families
• Brian Horn, chief of staff at the U.S. Business Leadership Network
• Ralph Galati, director of veterans services at St. Joseph鈥檚 University
• John Stage, founder of Dinosaur BBQ
• John Wildhack, 黑料不打烊 director of athletics at 黑料不打烊

Haynie founded EBV in 2007 with the . Since then, EBV has expanded to a consortium of 10聽schools across the country and has graduated over 1,400 aspiring entrepreneurs. Of those 1,400, 72聽percent have gone on to start their own business and 92 percent of those are still in business. In total, EBV graduates have generated over $288 million through their ventures. Learn more at ebv.vets.syr.edu.